GameShark Video Game Enhancer

Nothing could be further from the truth.

In a true snub to PSone gamers, the Game Shark CDX is not compatible with the new, redesigned PlayStation models. While this game-cheat device may work fine on the older, PSX models, but expect failure -- if not saved game file corruption -- on the PSone.

There was nary a game in my nearly 20-title collection which benefited in any way from the Game Shark CDX. Cheats which touted "infinate life" on Resident Evil 2 REFUSED to function; a code which should have brought me "unlimited gold" in Castlevania NEVER worked; and hacks which should have made Final Fantasy VII a breeze CORRUPTED my saved games.

If I sound bitter, it's because I am. This product was a quick waste of money I could have spent in a hundred better ways.

Suffice to say that I will never again trust any products from Interact.


Read This Before You Buy!!!   May 17, 2001
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I recently purchased one of these and the features sound great. They offer infinite lives, infinite ammo, extra characters, and many other enhancments. It also has an explorer mode to play images, music, and movies from the game. But the truth is many of the codes don't work properly and can mess up your saved games permanantly. Alot of the codes will actually freeze up your playstation and you will have to reset it losing all of your data back to your last save. I used GameShark on Breath of Fire 4, for example, and got infinite items but if you go down the list of items near the bottom of the list the game freezes. And this happened on Gran Turismo with the license tests. Once you save a game with the Gameshark on it can damage the saved information as well. I tried to contact GameShark at GameShark.com about this, However they seem to have dissabled the product support link at the website. The explorer mode does not work on any of the thirty or so games I have but maybe you might have one that does. Sony does not endorse this product so keep that in mind before you buy or use the GameShark.


Good For Playstation, Bad For PS1   March 25, 2001
 8 out of 12 found this review helpful

Gameshark CDX is a great cheatmachine for regular PSX, but for PS1 players it's not. PS1 players are not able to use GS CDX because there is no port for any Gameshark in the PS1. To PS1 players, I reccomend the new Gameshark product from Interact, "Gameshark Lite". Rather than a simple cartridge, the Gameshark Lite is more like a boot disc. You just stick it in the PS1, load the codes for a specific game and swap your game with the Gameshark Lite while the PS1 is still running.


Another reviewer mentions "missing a few teeth' - well said!   March 1, 2001
If you don't have a SCPH-900x series Playstation, do whatever you can to get the Gameshark Pro instead of the CDX. The CDX does not have what is considered to be one of the most essential features of the Pro: the ability to find your own codes, live, as the game is being played. Once you have experienced this power, nothing else compares. If you do have a 900x series unit (with the parallel port removed), consider the product review to be 3.5, *maybe* 4 stars. (Extra warning: If you have an older 100x unit, the CDX is strongly advised against.)

If you can use a GS Pro and find one somewhere, get that while you still can!! They're becoming rare due to popularity, as well as no small amount of politics. Otherwise, the CDX can serve you fairly well...usually. And forget the official website... There is MUCH better available. :)


Another reviewer mentions "missing a few teeth' - well said!   March 1, 2001
 25 out of 31 found this review helpful

If you don't have a SCPH-900x series Playstation, do whatever you can to get the Gameshark Pro instead of the CDX. The CDX does not have what is considered to be one of the most essential features of the Pro: the ability to find your own codes, live, as the game is being played. Once you have experienced this power, nothing else compares. If you do have a 900x series unit (with the parallel port removed), consider the product review to be 3.5, *maybe* 4 stars. (Extra warning: If you have an older 100x unit, the CDX is strongly advised against.)

If you can use a GS Pro and find one somewhere, get that while you still can!! They're becoming rare due to popularity, as well as no small amount of politics. Otherwise, the CDX can serve you fairly well...usually. And forget the official website... There is MUCH better available. :)